Journal #J-03/1999
Environmental problems, productivity and innovations in Norwegian salmon aquaculture
Atle Guttormsen, Frank Asche(1) & Ragnar Tveterås(2)
Department of Economics & Reesource Management Agricultural University of Norway PO Box 5033, N-1432 Ås, Norway http://www.nlh.no/ior/ e-mail: atle.guttormsen@ior.nlh.no

(1) Frank Asche is at the Foundation for Research in Economics and Business Administration (SNF) in Bergen (http://www.snf.no/ ).

(2) Ragnar Tveterås is at the School of Business, Cultural & Social Studies, Stavanger University College (http://www.his.no/ ).

Guttormsen, A., F. Asche & R. Tveterås (1999): "Environmental problems, productivity and innovations in Norwegian salmon aquaculture", Aquaculture Economics and Management, 3(1):19-30.

Abstract:
Environmental issues have been of central importance throughout the history of salmon aquaculture in Norway. In this paper we will examine some of the issues, and show that while there are still problems, many have also been resolved. A major reason for this is the fact that salmon farmers have internalized many of the environmental effects into their decision making due to the relationship between environmental impact and productivity. Another reason, particularly when it comes to treatment of diseases, is that lack of private innovative activity due to different market failures has been compensated by government-sponsored research and development. Key words: Salmon aquaculture, environmental issues, productivity.

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